When I write I usually write at my desk or on the floor with my materials spread around me, and I always type because my handwriting is atrocious (I mean really bad!) Depending on how serious the paper or assignment is depends on the conditions I write in. If it is a very serious important personal essay, I will write alone with my music going rather loud (classical usually when I’m writing, Metallica doesn’t quite get those gears moving as well.) And a must for any important paper is for me to write it in the daytime with natural light coming from the windows. I usually spend a lot of time writing because my strategies will probably cause a few to frown, I just put my subject at the top of the paper and start writing. If I can’t finish a paragraph I’ve stared I just jump to a new one with a different point or focus, when I’m done with this phase I pick and choose the best of my paragraphs, mesh them together and then connect them making the transitions smooth. After that I edit it and then send the paper to my English major girlfriend. Needless to say revision plays a huge role because of the amount of mistakes I make when I write. So help from others plays a huge role in my writing. As to peer workshopping, I’ve had little to no experience with anything other than the above.
Because my writing process is so chaotic I would defiantly want to try webbing again, I know it seem overly simplified for most essays/papers but I think it would definitely help me out in the long run if I got into the habit of doing that again. Probably the most unhelpful part of my process is the fact that I jump right into the writing, occasionally I end up not reading or understanding the prompt completely and have a lot of high quality ideas that don’t help me at all.
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In my writing process, a similarity I share with you is jumping right into the writing without fully understanding the prompt and knowledge of the purpose for the assigned writing. However, a difference is that I can efficiently write a paper whether it is in the morning, daytime or late at night without any obstacles in my thinking process. A strategy that I would want to try in my writing process that you utilize is asking a close friend that has background in composition, or one that produces better work in english. Yes, a part of my writing process that is unhelpful is just staring at the same sentence and not moving on, when I lose track of my thoughts.
ReplyDeleteI agree that listening to rather loud music makes me write better.
ReplyDeleteYea, listening to music really helps, I don't know if I could ever write in complete silence.
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